Stop building spiritual Sandcastles

You may have material success, but you may be looking for true happiness without any luck. “Material success won’t make you happy or fill the void in your heart. The only answer for spiritual bankruptcy is Jesus,” a new book declares.

In “Sandcastle Kings: Meeting Jesus in a Spiritually Bankrupt World,” readers can take a step-by-step approach through the book of Luke, Chapter 7. Nelson Books of Nashville is the publisher.

The author, Rich Wilkerson Jr., uses four stories to tell why we cannot find spiritual fulfillment in ourselves, in other people, in materialism or even in “religion.” Those messages are: the centurion’s faith, the resurrection of the widow’s son, Jesus’ message about John the Baptist and the anointing by the woman with the alabaster jar.

Wilkerson is executive pastor of Trinity Church in Miami. He also hosts The Rendevous, a weekly gathering…